The Red Cross Movement: Myths, practices and turning points (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches)
By: and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into UK education collection to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- For over 150 years, the Red Cross has brought succour to the world’s needy, from sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, to political detainees, to those suffering the effects of natural disasters. The world’s oldest and most preeminent humanitarian movement, the relevance and status of the Red Cross Movement today is as high as it has ever been. Reimagining and re-evaluating the Red Cross as a global institutional network, this volume charts the rise of the Red Cross and analyses the emergence of humanitarianism through a series of turning points, practices and myths. The contributors explore the three unique elements that make up the Red Cross Movement: the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent formerly known as the League of Red Cross Societies (both based in Geneva) and the 192 national societies. With chapters by leading scholars and researchers from Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and America, the book offers a timely account of this unique, complex and contested organisation.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781526133526
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781526133533, 9781526133519
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/22/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Neville Wylie
- Edited by:
- Melanie Oppenheimer
- Edited by:
- James Crossland
Reviews
Other Books
- by Davide Rodogno
- by Jon Arrizabalaga
- by Julia Marzoner
- by Caroline Reeves
- by Branden Little
- by Margaret Tennant
- by Sarah Glassford
- by Rebecca Gill
- by Kerrie Holloway
- by Leo Van Bergen
- by Richard Slade
- by Francisco Javier Martinez
- by Yoshiya Makita
- by Rosemary Wall
- by Eldrid Mageli
- by Bertrand Taithe
- in Nonfiction
- in Social Studies
- in Politics and Government